C1.4 Graduate Student Retention
Updated: August 31st, 2011
To ensure the success and retention of a diverse student body, the Graduate Division:
• Provides student advising. The Graduate Dean’s office and the Graduate Diversity Program (GDP) provide advising on graduate student life. GDP also produces a student list-serve and hosts receptions and professional development workshops throughout the year. For more information, contact GDP (643-6010, grad.diversity@berkeley.edu).
• Offers consultation, workshops, seminars, and receptions. The Graduate Division sponsors and/or provides funding for various retention-related activities, such as dissertation workshops, grant proposal writing, and networking receptions and seminars, including those conducted by the Graduate Assembly.
• Promotes improvements in financial support for underrepresented students. The Graduate Diversity Program and Divisional Diversity Directors support departmental efforts to seek federal and private funding sources on behalf of underrepresented students, or research grants that require a diversity outreach and retention component. For more information, contact GDP (643-6010, grad.diversity@berkeley.edu).
• Administers fellowships to continuing graduate students. The Graduate Division processes and administers several fellowships for continuing students including a number of diversity fellowships. For more information, contact Graduate Services: Fellowships (642-0672).
• Assesses retention data. The Graduate Division collects data and conducts research on retention patterns to plan retention activities accordingly. For more information, contact GDP (643-6010, grad.diversity@berkeley.edu).
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